Harper, Kristine C. (Author)
MIT Press
Physical Details: ix + 308 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English
Description On the professionalization of meteorology and the singular importance of the digital computer in the transformation of the discipline during the 20th century.
Review Turner, Roger (2009) Review of "Weather by the Numbers: The Genesis of Modern Meteorology". Technology and Culture (p. 966).
Review Turchetti, Simone (2010) Review of "Weather by the Numbers: The Genesis of Modern Meteorology". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 314).
Review Friedman, Robert Marc (2010) Review of "Weather by the Numbers: The Genesis of Modern Meteorology". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 255).
Review Howkins, Adrian (2010) Review of "Weather by the Numbers: The Genesis of Modern Meteorology". Environmental History (p. 145).
Review Morgan, Ruth (2011) Review of "Weather by the Numbers: The Genesis of Modern Meteorology". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 585).
Review Maddox, Robert A. (2012) Review of "Weather by the Numbers: The Genesis of Modern Meteorology". Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society (pp. 338-341).
Essay Review Coen, Deborah R. (2010) Weatherwiser?. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (pp. 125-135).
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